Roadkill wrote:Carl,
I love your emerger and damsel patterns! Have to tie some up.

I use the old Carey Special or variations of it in different chenille colors or peacock.

If I am really serious about fishing Dragons, I also keep a variety of Dragonfly nymphs in my float tube I got from veteran tyers- Randall Kaufman's Floating Dragon, Reg Denny's 007 Dragon and Clayne Baker's Dragonfly Nymph. I have a number of my own variations as well.

I had almost forgotten about the Carey Special. Great pattern.

That damsel pattern Bill was initially designed for Hosmer Lake. It opened up a whole new world of fishing for me on that lake. It has done well on the Crooked River also for some reason. I would swing it through the tail outs of pools and runs in the early mornings. Seemed to be the only place and time it would work.

Congratulations on the retirement ! Fun trying to figure out what to do with
the empty hours ain't it? I'm sure you'll figure out what to do with yourself.
Looking forward to seeing what you find in the local waters while figuring
out the empty time thing. Looks like you've a good start ...